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Armistice of 22 June 1940
Franco-German armistice in World War II
The Armistice of 22 June 1940, sometimes referred to as the Second Armistice at Compiègne, was an agreement signed at 18:36 on 22 June 1940[1] near Compiègne, France by officials of Nazi Germany and the French Third Republic.
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It became effective at midnight on 25 June. Signatories for Germany included Wilhelm Keitel, a senior military officer of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces), while those on the French side held lower ranks, including general Charles Huntziger.[1]
Following the decisive German victory in the Battle of France, the armistice established a German occupation zone in Northern and Western France that encompassed about three-fifths of France's European territory, including all English Channel and Atlantic Ocean ports.
The remainder of the country was to be left unoccupied, although the new regime that replaced the Third Republic was mutually recognised as the legitim